Dynamic eye-tracking camera alignment utilizing eye-tracking maps

ABSTRACT

A method of real-time eye tracking feedback with an eye-movement tracking camera includes receiving a left eye movement transform, a right eye movement transform, and gaze direction information from a user&#39;s face and user&#39;s eyes. An eye tracking map is constructed including the left eye movement transform and the right eye movement transform. The eye tracking map is displayed with the left eye movement information, the right eye movement information, and the gaze direction information on a device screen. Feedback is provided to the user related the left eye movement transform, the right eye movement transform, and the gaze direction information.

BACKGROUND

Eye tracking based communication programs offer individuals with limitedmobility the ability to communicate through the movement of their eyesby correlating the eye movement and positioning to locations on ascreen. These programs operate by selection-based interactionscorrelated to the user's eye position and movement in order to allow theuser to select an option displayed through a user interface. These cansuffer from alignment issues that result when the user's eyes arelooking away from the corresponding screen or do not line up with theprograms interpreted location. These alignment issues occur frequentlywhile the user is learning how to operate the program. Therefore, a needexists for feedback system for tracking a user's eye positioning andmovement.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS

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FIG. 1 illustrates a system 100 in accordance with one embodiment.

FIG. 2 illustrates a system 200 in accordance with one embodiment.

FIG. 3 illustrates a system 300 in accordance with one embodiment.

FIG. 4 illustrates a system 400 in accordance with one embodiment.

FIG. 5 illustrates a system 500 in accordance with one embodiment.

FIG. 6 illustrates a system 600 in accordance with one embodiment.

FIG. 7 illustrates a system 700 in accordance with one embodiment.

FIG. 8 illustrates a system 800 in accordance with one embodiment.

FIG. 9 illustrates an eye tracking map and pointer 900 in accordancewith one embodiment.

FIG. 10 illustrates a system 1000 in accordance with one embodiment.

FIG. 11 illustrates a method 1100 in accordance with one embodiment.

FIG. 12 illustrates a system 1200 in accordance with one embodiment.

FIG. 13 is an example block diagram of a computing device 1300 that mayincorporate embodiments of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

A system for real-time eye tracking feedback with an eye-movementtracking camera creates a human-centric dynamic eye-tracking cameraalignment soft-device utilizing an eye-tracking map on a device.

The concept of an eye tracking map may be viewed analogous to a videogames mini-map that allows the player to know their relative location inthe virtual world, as the eye tracking map allows the user to identifythe position of their eye relative to the interpreted focal point on thedevice. The eye tracking map may be configured with a circular shapedprofile to graphically represent the eyeball with a smaller enclosedcircle in the center representing the positioning of the pupil relativeto the position of the tracked eye pupils.

The eye tracking map may be utilized with eye tracking basedcommunication programs which offer individuals with limited mobility theability to communicate through the movement of their eyes by correlatingthe eye movements and positioning to locations on a screen. Theseprograms operate by selection-based interactions correlated to theuser's eye position and movement in order to allow the user to select anoption displayed through a user interface.

The system may attach the eye tracking maps to an eye tracking pointerallowing for feedback to be provided to the user in the center of theirvisual focus area while also allowing the eye tracking cameras toidentify the user's eye positioning.

The eye tracking maps may handle a large range of user's skill sets andabilities and therefor have a wide range of configurability forindividualization to reflect that diversity and increasing skill masteryover time. For a beginner onboarding for the first-time with the eyetracking based communications program, there are configurations that mayhelp them quickly achieve good eye camera alignment and have early skillsuccess and that facilitates adoption of the eye tracking basedcommunications program. As skill is gained, the user may “fade” the eyetracking maps through alpha channel transparency blending of the eyetracking maps in order to maintain feedback but limit its interferencewith the displayed content. The eye tracking maps may be configured suchthat a user may opt to turn-off the eye tracking maps or chose a highlytransparent alpha blend. The eye tracking maps may also be configured tobe affixed to location on the center of the display.

Some configurations for the eye tracking map may include toggling theirvisibility on/off, allowing for alpha channel transparency blending,modification of the colors of the eye tracking map, modification of thesize of the eye tracking map, modification of the distance between thepointer and the eye tracking map, modification of the positioning of theeye tracking map such that the eye tracking maps are side by side aboveor below the eye tracking pointer, allowing the eye tracking map to beenlarged and affixed as a large transparency near the center of thescreen.

In some configurations, eye tracking maps may not be part of a size orhit-area calculation of the eye tracking pointer even when attached tothe motion of the eye tracking pointer. Eye tracking pointer operationmay be independent of eye tracking map use or display. The eye trackingpointer's behaviors may remain in the configuration with its independentset of adjustments set within an eye tracking based communicationsprogram.

In some configurations, the eye tracking feature utilized in the eyetracking map may be accomplished utilizing three functions that look atthe eye movement transformation of the left eye, right eye, and thefocal point from the user. These functions may be referred to asleftEyeTransform, rightEyeTransform, and lookAtPoint, respectively.

The leftEyeTransform and rightEyeTransform may utilize the trackedmovement of the user's eyes to determine positioning and movement of theuser's left and right eye respectively. The lookAtPoint function mayutilize the leftEyeTransform and rightEyeTransform to calculatelookAtPoint. One problem that arises from calculating the lookAtPoint isthat when the eye camera alignment “loses track” of an eye, thelookAtPoint begins to generate incorrect positional data.

In some instances, if the eye camera alignment is such that(leftlright)EyeTransform loses track of an eye, the eye tracking mappupil pointers, corresponding to the eye movement/positional informationfor each eye, can disappear notifying the user that their eyes are outof alignment. In another configuration, the pupil pointer colors maychange depending on the alignment state of the user's eyes. Forinstances, if the user is in alignment, the pupil pointer colors may beshown as green, while when the user's eyes are out of the alignment thepupil pointer colors may be represented in red. Other implementationscould hide the eye tracking pointer indicating a loss of tracking event.

FIG. 1 illustrates a system 100 for real-time eye tracking feedback withan eye-movement tracking camera. The system 100 includes a device 102comprising an image sensor 104 and a device screen 106. The image sensor104 is operatively disposed towards a user's face 108 to capture righteye movement transform 112 and left eye movement transform 114 as wellas gaze direction information 116 from a user's eyes 110. The system 100generates an eye tracking map and pointer 118 on the device screen 106where the position of the eye tracking map and pointer 118 is correlatedto gaze direction information 116 and eye movement transforms from theuser. The eye tracking map of the eye tracking map and pointer 118displays left eye movement information 120 and right eye movementinformation 122. The eye tracking map and pointer 118 additionallydisplays an eye tracking pointer 124 that represents the focal point ofthe gaze position of the user's eyes after the eye movements. The eyetracking map and pointer 118 may be overlaid above a user interface menufor communicating information.

FIG. 2 illustrates a system 200 for real-time eye tracking feedback withan eye-movement tracking camera. The system 200 includes a device 202with an image sensor 218 disposed towards a user's face 226 in order tocapture the position of the user's eyes and gaze direction information214 from the user's face 226 and the user's eyes 208.

With the user positioned for viewing the device screen 220, the system200 utilizes the eye movement transformations relative to the gazedirection information 214 to construct an eye tracking map and pointer222 that are displayed on the device screen 220 at a point correlated tothe user's focal point. When the image sensor 218 detects changes in atleast the eye movement transformations and/or the gaze directioninformation, the system 200 updates the position of the eye tracking mapand pointer 222 displayed on the device screen 220. The position of theuser's eyes 208 relative to eye tracking map and pointer 222 may berepresented in the eye tracking map and pointer 222 as a left eyemovement information 210 and right eye movement information 212 in aleft eye tracking map 234 and a right eye tracking map 232 positionedadjacent to an eye tracking pointer 216. When the user is lookingdirectly at the device screen 220 the left eye movement information 210and the right eye movement information 212 may be found in the center ofthe left eye tracking map 234 and the right eye tracking map 232,respectively. As the user changes their eye position without changingtheir gaze to view something on the lower part of the device screen 220,the left eye movement information 210 and the right eye movementinformation 212 may show the corresponding change in eye position in theleft eye tracking map 234 and the right eye tracking map 232. In astatic situation, the right eye movement information may correspond to aright eye position with respect to the eye tracking map, and the lefteye movement information may correspond to a left eye position withrespect to the eye tracking map.

For instance, the image sensor 218 captures the eye movement transform228 and the gaze direction information 214 and displays the eye trackingmap and pointer 222 on the device screen 220 at a first position 204.Since the first position 204 is directly in front of the user's face 226and the user's eyes 208, the right eye movement information 212 and theleft eye movement information 210 are displayed as being in the centerof the right eye tracking map 232 and the left eye tracking map 234,respectively. As the image sensor 218 continues to capture informationfrom the user's face 226 and the user's eyes 208, the image sensor 218receives eye movement transform 230 and moves eye tracking map andpointer 222 from the first position 204 to the second position 206 onthe device screen 220 corresponding to the eye movement 224 of theuser's eyes 208. The left eye movement information 210 and the right eyemovement information 212 change to reflect the new eye positioning byshowing the left eye movement information 210 and the right eye movementinformation 212 pointing towards the lower right of the left eyetracking map 234 and the right eye tracking map 232.

FIG. 3 illustrates a system 300 for real-time eye tracking feedback withan eye-movement tracking camera. The system 300 includes a device 302comprising an image sensor 312 and a device screen 314 positioned infront of a user's face 320 and user's eyes 308. The image sensor 312receives gaze direction information 306 and eye movement transform 322to generate an eye tracking map and pointer 318 on the device screen314. In some instances, the user's eye movement may be interpreted bythe system 200 as corresponding to a location that is outside of thebounds of the device screen 314 and may generate feedback instructions304 for the user. For instance, the image sensor 312 may detect the eyemovement transform 322 with the gaze direction information 306 that isinterpreted as a focal point 316 that is outside of the device screen314. In this situation, the eye tracking map and pointer 318 may displaythe feedback instructions 304 in the left eye tracking map 326 and theright eye tracking map 324 indicating to the user to move the device ortheir eyes in a certain direction to be aligned again with the devicescreen 314. The eye tracking map and pointer 318 with the left eyetracking map 326, eye tracking pointer 310, and right eye tracking map324 may be positioned at the last on-screen position of the eye trackingmap and pointer 318.

FIG. 4 illustrates a system 400 for real-time eye tracking feedback withan eye-movement tracking camera. The system 400 comprises a device 402with a device screen 406 showing a configuration of the eye tracking mapand pointer 404. The eye tracking map and pointer 404 comprises an eyetracking map 408 with its visibility reduced or turned off relative tothe visibility of the eye tracking pointer 410. This configuration maybe set by a user to improve visibility of the content displayed of thedevice screen 406.

FIG. 5 illustrates a system 500 for real-time eye tracking feedback withan eye-movement tracking camera. The system 500 comprises a device 502with a device screen 508 displaying a configuration of the eye trackingmap and pointer allowing for alpha channel transparency blending withthe content displayed on the device screen 508. An eye tracking map andpointer 504 shows an eye tracking pointer 514 and an eye tracking map510 at full opacity blocking view of the content displayed on the devicescreen 508. After applying the alpha channel transparency blending, theeye tracking map and pointer 504 is transformed into the eye trackingmap and pointer 506 showing transparent eye tracking pointer 516 and eyetracking map 512 allowing for the visibility of the content displayed onthe device screen 508.

FIG. 6 illustrates a system 600 for real-time eye tracking feedback withan eye-movement tracking camera. The system 600 comprises a device 602with a device screen 616 and allows for color configuration of the eyetracking map and pointer 614. In this configuration, the left eyetracking map boundary line 604, the right eye tracking map boundary line606, the left eye location 608, the right eye location 610, and the eyetracking pointer 612 may be modified to improve visibility againstcontent displayed on the device screen 616. Different colors may also betriggered based on certain conditions, such as alerting the user theirgaze is outside the device screen 616.

FIG. 7 illustrates a system 700 for real-time eye tracking feedback withan eye-movement tracking camera. The system 700 comprises a device 702with a device screen 704 displaying an eye tracking map and pointer withconfigurable eye tracking map size. An eye tracking map and pointer 706is shown with an eye tracking pointer 710 and an eye tracking map 714 ata first size. The eye tracking map may be increased or decreased in sizerelative to the eye tracking pointer. For instance, the eye tracking mapand pointer 708 show eye tracking map 716 and eye tracking pointer 712,with the eye tracking map 716 being a smaller size compared to the eyetracking map 714 while the eye tracking pointer 712 and the eye trackingpointer 710 are the same size. The configurable sizing of the eyetracking map and pointer may be utilized to modify the size of the eyetracking map, the eye tracking pointer, or a combination thereof.

FIG. 8 illustrates a system 800 for real-time eye tracking feedback withan eye-movement tracking camera. The system 800 comprises a device 802with a device screen 804 displaying a configuration of the eye trackingmap and pointer 816 allowing for the spacing of the eye tracking mapfrom the eye tracking pointer 810. Eye tracking map 806 and eye trackingmap 808 have different distances from the eye tracking pointer 810, withthe distance 812 separating the eye tracking map 806 from the eyetracking pointer 810 and a distance 814 separating the eye tracking map808 from the eye tracking pointer 810.

FIG. 9 illustrates an eye tracking map and pointer 900 for real-time eyetracking feedback with an eye-movement tracking camera. In oneconfiguration, eye tracking map and pointer 900 may allow for the lefteye tracking map 912 and the right eye tracking map 914 to be positionedside by side on one side of the eye tracking pointer 902. In thisconfiguration, the eye tracking map 904 may be repositioned around theeye tracking pointer 902 such as to the right of the eye trackingpointer 902 (current position) above the eye tracking pointer 902(position 906), to the left of the eye tracking pointer 902 (position908), below the eye tracking pointer 902 (position 910), as well anyposition in between.

FIG. 10 illustrates eye tracking map and pointer 900 for real-time eyetracking feedback with an eye-movement tracking camera. The system 1000comprises a device 1002 with a device screen 1004. In the system 1000,the eye tracking map 1006 may be enlarged and affixed to near the centerof the device screen 1004. The transparency of the eye tracking map 1006may also be modified in order to reduce interference with the contentdisplayed on the device screen 1004. The left eye tracking map 1012 andthe right eye tracking map 1010 may be positioned side by side and theleft eye movement information 1014 and the right eye movementinformation 1016 may reflect the user's eye movement relative to the eyetracking pointer 1008.

Referencing FIG. 11, a method 1100 for operating a system for real-timeeye tracking feedback with an eye-movement tracking camera may involvereceiving at least one or more of a left eye movement transform, a righteye movement transform, and gaze direction information from a user'sface and eyes (block 1102). In block 1104, method 1100 constructs an eyetracking map including at least one of the left eye movement transform,and the right eye movement transform. In block 1106, method 1100displays the eye tracking map and the at least one or more of the lefteye movement information, right eye movement information, and gazedirection information on a device screen. In block 1108, method 1100provides feedback to the user related the at least one or more of lefteye movement transform, right eye movement transform, and gaze directioninformation.

FIG. 12 illustrates a system 1200 for real-time eye tracking feedbackwith an eye-movement tracking camera. The system 1200 comprises an imagesensor 1202, a constructor 1204, a user interface controller 1206comprising a screen position correlator 1208, an output devicecontroller 1210, and a device screen 1214. The image sensor 1202 mayreceive right eye movement transform 1222, left eye movement transform1220, and gaze direction information from a user's face 1216 and user'seyes 1218. The image sensor 1202 may communicate the right eye movementtransform 1222, the left eye movement transform 1220, and the gazedirection information to a constructor 1204. The constructor 1204 may beutilized to generate an eye tracking map 1212 from the right eyemovement transform 1222, the left eye movement transform 1220, and thegaze direction information. The eye tracking map 1212 comprising theright eye movement transform 1222, the left eye movement transform 1220,and the gaze direction information 1228 may then be communicated to theuser interface controller 1206 comprising the screen position correlator1208. The user interface controller 1206 communicates a display controlto the device screen 1214 to display an eye tracking map and pointer1234 comprising left eye movement information 1230, right eye movementinformation 1232, and eye tracking pointer 1226 at a screen position1238. The screen position correlator 1208 may be utilized to determinethe screen position 1238 of the eye tracking map and pointer 1234 on thedevice screen 1214 from the eye tracking map 1212. If the system 1200detects a screen position that is outside of the device screen 1214 theuser interface controller 1206 may communicate a feedback control to thedevice screen 1214 to display feedback instructions 1236 for aligningthe user's sight back with the device screen 1214. In someconfigurations the user interface controller 1206 may communicate afeedback control to the output device controller 1210 to controladditional visual, audio, and haptic devices to alert the user of thelost alignment. In some configurations, the image sensor 1202 maycapture the user's nose position vector 1224 as part of the gazedirection information.

FIG. 13 is an example block diagram of a computing device 1300 that mayincorporate embodiments of the present invention. FIG. 13 is merelyillustrative of a machine system to carry out aspects of the technicalprocesses described herein and does not limit the scope of the claims.One of ordinary skill in the art would recognize other variations,modifications, and alternatives. In one embodiment, the computing device1300 typically includes a monitor or graphical user interface 1302, adata processing system 1320, a communication network interface 1312,input device(s) 1308, output device(s) 1306, and the like.

As depicted in FIG. 13, the data processing system 1320 may include oneor more processor(s) 1304 that communicate with a number of peripheraldevices via a bus subsystem 1318. These peripheral devices may includeinput device(s) 1308, output device(s) 1306, communication networkinterface 1312, and a storage subsystem, such as a volatile memory 1310and a nonvolatile memory 1314.

The volatile memory 1310 and/or the nonvolatile memory 1314 may storecomputer-executable instructions and thus forming logic 1322 that whenapplied to and executed by the processor(s) 1304 implement embodimentsof the processes disclosed herein.

The input device(s) 1308 include devices and mechanisms for inputtinginformation to the data processing system 1320. These may include akeyboard, a keypad, a touch screen incorporated into the monitor orgraphical user interface 1302, audio input devices such as voicerecognition systems, microphones, and other types of input devices. Invarious embodiments, the input device(s) 1308 may be embodied as acomputer mouse, a trackball, a track pad, a joystick, wireless remote,drawing tablet, voice command system, eye tracking system, and the like.The input device(s) 1308 typically allow a user to select objects,icons, control areas, text and the like that appear on the monitor orgraphical user interface 1302 via a command such as a click of a buttonor the like.

The output device(s) 1306 include devices and mechanisms for outputtinginformation from the data processing system 1320. These may include themonitor or graphical user interface 1302, speakers, printers, infraredLEDs, and so on as well understood in the art.

The communication network interface 1312 provides an interface tocommunication networks (e.g., communication network 1316) and devicesexternal to the data processing system 1320. The communication networkinterface 1312 may serve as an interface for receiving data from andtransmitting data to other systems. Embodiments of the communicationnetwork interface 1312 may include an Ethernet interface, a modem(telephone, satellite, cable, ISDN), (asynchronous) digital subscriberline (DSL), FireWire, USB, a wireless communication interface such asBluetooth or WiFi, a near field communication wireless interface, acellular interface, and the like.

The communication network interface 1312 may be coupled to thecommunication network 1316 via an antenna, a cable, or the like. In someembodiments, the communication network interface 1312 may be physicallyintegrated on a circuit board of the data processing system 1320, or insome cases may be implemented in software or firmware, such as “softmodems”, or the like.

The computing device 1300 may include logic that enables communicationsover a network using protocols such as HTTP, TCP/IP, RTP/RTSP, IPX, UDPand the like.

The volatile memory 1310 and the nonvolatile memory 1314 are examples oftangible media configured to store computer readable data andinstructions to implement various embodiments of the processes describedherein. Other types of tangible media include removable memory (e.g.,pluggable USB memory devices, mobile device SIM cards), optical storagemedia such as CD-ROMS, DVDs, semiconductor memories such as flashmemories, non-transitory read-only-memories (ROMS), battery-backedvolatile memories, networked storage devices, and the like. The volatilememory 1310 and the nonvolatile memory 1314 may be configured to storethe basic programming and data constructs that provide the functionalityof the disclosed processes and other embodiments thereof that fallwithin the scope of the present invention.

Logic 1322 that implements embodiments of the present invention may bestored in the volatile memory 1310 and/or the nonvolatile memory 1314.Said logic 1322 may be read from the volatile memory 1310 and/ornonvolatile memory 1314 and executed by the processor(s) 1304. Thevolatile memory 1310 and the nonvolatile memory 1314 may also provide arepository for storing data used by the logic 1322.

The volatile memory 1310 and the nonvolatile memory 1314 may include anumber of memories including a main random access memory (RAM) forstorage of instructions and data during program execution and a readonly memory (ROM) in which read-only non-transitory instructions arestored. The volatile memory 1310 and the nonvolatile memory 1314 mayinclude a file storage subsystem providing persistent (non-volatile)storage for program and data files. The volatile memory 1310 and thenonvolatile memory 1314 may include removable storage systems, such asremovable flash memory.

The bus subsystem 1318 provides a mechanism for enabling the variouscomponents and subsystems of data processing system 1320 communicatewith each other as intended. Although the communication networkinterface 1312 is depicted schematically as a single bus, someembodiments of the bus subsystem 1318 may utilize multiple distinctbusses.

It will be readily apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art that thecomputing device 1300 may be a device such as a smartphone, a desktopcomputer, a laptop computer, a rack-mounted computer system, a computerserver, or a tablet computer device. As commonly known in the art, thecomputing device 1300 may be implemented as a collection of multiplenetworked computing devices. Further, the computing device 1300 willtypically include operating system logic (not illustrated) the types andnature of which are well known in the art.

Terms used herein should be accorded their ordinary meaning in therelevant arts, or the meaning indicated by their use in context, but ifan express definition is provided, that meaning controls.

“Circuitry” in this context refers to electrical circuitry having atleast one discrete electrical circuit, electrical circuitry having atleast one integrated circuit, electrical circuitry having at least oneapplication specific integrated circuit, circuitry forming a generalpurpose computing device configured by a computer program (e.g., ageneral purpose computer configured by a computer program which at leastpartially carries out processes or devices described herein, or amicroprocessor configured by a computer program which at least partiallycarries out processes or devices described herein), circuitry forming amemory device (e.g., forms of random access memory), or circuitryforming a communications device (e.g., a modem, communications switch,or optical-electrical equipment).

“Firmware” in this context refers to software logic embodied asprocessor-executable instructions stored in read-only memories or media.

“Hardware” in this context refers to logic embodied as analog or digitalcircuitry.

“Logic” in this context refers to machine memory circuits, nontransitory machine readable media, and/or circuitry which by way of itsmaterial and/or material-energy configuration comprises control and/orprocedural signals, and/or settings and values (such as resistance,impedance, capacitance, inductance, current/voltage ratings, etc.), thatmay be applied to influence the operation of a device. Magnetic media,electronic circuits, electrical and optical memory (both volatile andnonvolatile), and firmware are examples of logic. Logic specificallyexcludes pure signals or software per se (however does not excludemachine memories comprising software and thereby forming configurationsof matter).

“Software” in this context refers to logic implemented asprocessor-executable instructions in a machine memory (e.g. read/writevolatile or nonvolatile memory or media).

Herein, references to “one embodiment” or “an embodiment” do notnecessarily refer to the same embodiment, although they may. Unless thecontext clearly requires otherwise, throughout the description and theclaims, the words “comprise,” “comprising,” and the like are to beconstrued in an inclusive sense as opposed to an exclusive or exhaustivesense; that is to say, in the sense of “including, but not limited to.”Words using the singular or plural number also include the plural orsingular number respectively, unless expressly limited to a single oneor multiple ones. Additionally, the words “herein,” “above,” “below” andwords of similar import, when used in this application, refer to thisapplication as a whole and not to any particular portions of thisapplication. When the claims use the word “or” in reference to a list oftwo or more items, that word covers all of the following interpretationsof the word: any of the items in the list, all of the items in the listand any combination of the items in the list, unless expressly limitedto one or the other. Any terms not expressly defined herein have theirconventional meaning as commonly understood by those having skill in therelevant art(s).

Various logic functional operations described herein may be implementedin logic that is referred to using a noun or noun phrase reflecting saidoperation or function. For example, an association operation may becarried out by an “associator” or “correlator”. Likewise, switching maybe carried out by a “switch”, selection by a “selector”, and so on.

1. A method of real-time eye tracking feedback with an eye-movementtracking camera, the method comprising: receiving at least one or moreof a left eye movement transform, a right eye movement transform, andgaze direction information from a user's face and user's eyes;constructing a focal point from the received at least one or more of aleft eye movement transform, a right eye movement transform, and gazedirection information, wherein the focal point includes a calculatedleft eye position and a calculated right eye position; constructing aneye tracking map utilizing at least one or more of the left eye movementtransform and the right eye movement transform, wherein the eye trackingmap represents the position and movement of the left eye and theposition and movement of the right eye, relative to the focal point, theeye tracking map including: at least one or more of left eye movementinformation, a left eye position relative to the eye tracking map, righteye movement information, and a right eye position relative to the eyetracking map; displaying the eye tracking map and the focal pointinformation on a device including a device screen; and determining ifthe focal point is aligned with the eye tracking map: on condition thefocal point and the eye tracking map are aligned: indicating to the userthat the focal point is aligned with the eye tracking map; on conditionthe focal point and the eye tracking map are not aligned: providingfeedback to the user related to at least one or more of the left eyemovement transform, the right eye movement transform, and the gazedirection information, wherein the feedback alerts the user to a loss ofalignment of the focal point to a position on the device screen.
 2. Themethod of claim 1, wherein the feedback includes instructions to move arelative position of the device with respect to the user's eyes.
 3. Themethod of claim 1, wherein the feedback includes at least one of avisual signal, an audio signal, and a haptic signal to the user.
 4. Themethod of claim 3, wherein the visual signal includes displaying arecommended change, within the eye tracking map, of at least one of lefteye movement information, the left eye position relative to the eyetracking map, right eye movement information, and the right eye positionrelative to the eye tracking map.
 5. The method of claim 1, wherein thedisplaying includes adjusting the eye tracking map for a zooming action.6. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving information abouta user's nose position vector.
 7. A system for real-time eye trackingfeedback with an eye-movement tracking camera comprising: an imagesensor configured to receive at least one or more of a left eye movementtransform, a right eye movement transform, and gaze directioninformation from a user's face and user's eyes; a processor; and amemory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor,configure the system to: receive, from the image sensor, at least one ormore of the left eye movement transform, the right eye movementtransform, and the gaze direction information from the user's face andthe user's eyes; construct a focal point from the received at least oneor more of a left eye movement transform, a right eye movementtransform, and gaze direction information, wherein the focal pointincludes a calculated left eye position and a calculated right eyeposition; construct an eye tracking map utilizing at least one or moreof the left eye movement transform and the right eye movement transform,wherein the eye tracking map represents the position and movement of theleft eye and the position and movement of the right eye, relative to thefocal point, the eye tracking map including: at least one or more ofleft eye movement information, a left eye position relative to the eyetracking map; right eye movement information; and a right eye positionrelative to the eye tracking map; display the eye tracking map and thefocal point information on a device including a device screen; anddetermine if the focal point is aligned with the eye tracking map: oncondition the focal point and the eye tracking map are aligned: indicateto the user that the focal point is aligned with the eye tracking map;on condition the focal point and the eye tracking map are not aligned:provide feedback to the user related to at least one or more of the lefteye movement transform, the right eye movement transform, and the gazedirection information, wherein the feedback alerts the user to a loss ofalignment of the focal point to a position on the device screen.
 8. Thesystem of claim 7, where the system is configured to communicate thefeedback control to an output device controller.
 9. The system of claim8, wherein the system generates feedback through at least one of avisual signal, an audio signal, and a haptic signal to the user.
 10. Thesystem of claim 9, wherein the visual signal includes displaying arecommended change, within the eye tracking map, of at least one of lefteye movement information, the left eye position relative to the eyetracking map, right eye movement information, and the right eye positionrelative to the eye tracking map.
 11. The system of claim 7, wherein thesystem is configured to adjust the eye tracking map for a zoomingaction.
 12. The system of claim 7, wherein the system is configured tocommunicate the feedback control as feedback instructions to move arelative position of the device with respect to the user's eyes throughthe device screen.
 13. The system of claim 7, wherein the image sensorreceives information about a user's nose position vector.
 14. Anapparatus comprising: a processor; and a memory storing instructionsthat, when executed by the processor, configure the apparatus to:receive at least one or more of a left eye movement transform, a righteye movement transform, and gaze direction information from a user'sface and eyes; construct a focal point from the received at least one ormore of a left eye movement transform, a right eye movement transform,and gaze direction information, wherein the focal point includes acalculated left eye position and a calculated right eye position;construct an eye tracking map utilizing at least one or more of the lefteye movement transform, and the right eye movement transform, whereinthe eye tracking map represents the position and movement of the lefteye and the position and movement of the right eye, relative to thefocal point, the eye tracking map including: at least one or more ofleft eye movement information, a left eye position relative to the eyetracking map, right eye movement information, and a right eye positionrelative to the eye tracking map; display the eye tracking map and thefocal point information on a device including a device screen; anddetermine if the focal point is aligned with the eye tracking map: oncondition the focal point and the eye tracking map are aligned: indicateto the user that the focal point is aligned with the eye tracking map;on condition the focal point and the eye tracking map are not aligned:provide feedback to the user related at least one or more of the lefteye movement transform, the right eye movement transform, and the gazedirection information, wherein the feedback alerts the user to a loss ofalignment of the focal point to a position on the device screen.
 15. Theapparatus of claim 14, wherein the feedback includes instructions tomove a relative position of the device with respect to the user's eyes.16. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the feedback includes at leastone of a visual signal, an audio signal, and a haptic signal to theuser.
 17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the visual signal includesdisplaying a recommended change, within the eye tracking map, of atleast one of left eye movement information, the left eye positionrelative to the eye tracking map, right eye movement information, andthe right eye position relative to the eye tracking map.
 18. Theapparatus of claim 14, wherein the instructions further configure theapparatus to adjust the display of the eye tracking map for a zoomingaction.
 19. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the instructions furtherconfigure the apparatus to receive information about a user's noseposition vector.